Food & Drink What fruit is fried in the Indonesian dish Pisang Goreng?
Banana / Plantain
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On This Day The first Academy Awards ceremony took place in Hollywood on this day, 16th May, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1929
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Science & Nature Featured on the Canadian $1 coin, what type of creature is a "loon"?
Bird
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears (1965)
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Sport & Leisure Lou Gehrig and Yogi Berra were legendary American players in what sport?
Baseball
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Geography What city, the largest in all of Africa, ceased to be Nigeria's capital in 1991?
Lagos
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Anagram LIMP LINE SHOCK is an anagram of what professional golfer?
Phil Mickelson
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Thailand What banking group in Thailand is represented by this logo?
Kasikornbank (Thai: ธนาคารกสิกรไทย - formerly known as the Thai Farmers Bank)
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Music What Irish rock band is fronted by singer Dolores O'Riordan?
The Cranberries
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History Anne Frank famously addressed her diary entries, "Dear ____" who?
Kitty
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Entertainment What 1990 thriller-comedy film had the tag-line, "Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude"?
Arachnophobia
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General Knowledge What did the "M" stand for in Richard M. Nixon's middle name?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Tower of London
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Current Affairs A large-scale cyber attack caused severe disruption around the world last week. By what name is the ransomware program known?
WannaCry (also known as WannaCrypt, WanaCrypt0r 2.0, Wanna Decryptor)
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Science & Nature What metal element is the main constituent of pewter?
Tin (85–99%)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Genesis - Follow You Follow Me (1978)
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Sport & Leisure What capital city is set to host the UEFA Europa League final between Ajax and Manchester United this month?
Stockholm (Friends Arena, Solna Municipality)
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Geography One of the busiest waterways in the world, what city straddles the Bosphorus strait?
Istanbul
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Art & Literature American artist C. M. Coolidge is best known for an early 20th-century series of oil paintings depicting what?
Dogs playing poker
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Flags What sovereign state in Europe has this as its national flag?
Albania
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Music In 1987, who became the first female performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
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History A major English victory in the Hundred Years' War, what famous battle took place 40km south of Calais on 25th October 1415?
Battle of Agincourt
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Entertainment Who played Jaime Sommers in the original 1970s TV series The Bionic Woman?
Lindsay Wagner
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Add/Deduct a Letter Ferocious reclamation. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a six letter word. Add one letter to that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Food & Drink What 'C' describes this simple Italian salad, made of sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and green basil, seasoned with salt and olive oil?
Caprese
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In This Year Halle Berry, Patrick Dempsey, Janet Jackson, Gordon Ramsay, Adam Sandler, and Mike Tyson were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1966
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Science & Nature Part of the sunflower family, what 'G' describes this flower?
Gerbera
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry (1991)
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Sport & Leisure One of the largest stadiums in the world, with an official seating capacity of 106,572, in what U.S. state would you find Beaver Stadium?
Pennsylvania (home to the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference)
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Entertainment A sequel to the 2012 film Prometheus, what is the full title of the 2017 Alien film directed by Ridley Scott?
Alien: Covenant
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Art & Literature What 1952 Ernest Hemingway novel tells the story of a battle between a fisherman, Santiago, and a large marlin?
The Old Man and the Sea
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Maps What South American country is this?
Paraguay
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Music How many of the original Beach Boys were brothers?
3 (Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson)
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Anagram GRAB NUDE RENTING RABBLE is an anagram of what well known landmark and the city in which it is located?
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
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Entertainment Martin Scorsese won his only Academy Award for Best Director to date for what 2006 film?
The Departed
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
